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S. WALES.

BLOTTING PAD.

No; 352,170. Patented Nbv; 9, 1886 l'n'venfior; S Wales Witnesses:

by .flllorncy.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIGOURNEY WALES, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO HA RRIOT H. WALES, OF SAME PLACE.

BLOT TlNG-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,1'7Q, datedNovember 9, 1886.

Application filed April 5, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIeoURNEY WALES, of

Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain 5 new and useful Improvements in Blotting- Pads, ofwhich the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of blotting-pads, known as springblotting-pads; and it'oonsists in certain novel features of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts by which a simple andeffective springpad may be readily produced at a slight cost, all aswill be fully understood by reference to the description of thedrawings, and to the claims, to be hereinaftergiven.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 represents a per-- fspective view of myimproved blotting-pad. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 represents a section through one end of the same, thecutting-plane being on line 00 a: on Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a sideelevation have been applied thereto, and before the notches thereforhave been made. Fig. 5 represents a similar view of one end of the same,showing the notch to receive the end clamping-band. Fig. 6 represents anelevation of the clamping-band before it has been clamped upon theblotter, and Fig. 7 represents an elevation of one of the folded platesor sheets from which the inner core of the blotter is formed. 3 5 In thedrawings, A A represent two sheets or plates of leather-board,card-boad, metal, or other desirable material, folded as shown in Fig.7, one of which folded plates is slightly shorter than the other, and isplaced between the sides of the second plate, with its open endcontiguous to the closed end of said other plate, all as shown in Fig.4. This is a most convenient way of forming the core of the blotter whenleather or card board is used for that purpose; but when it is desiredto use a core formed of metal a single-folded plate of brass or similarmetal may be used by soldering its sides together at the open end a.Around this core A A is wrapped a continuous sheet of blotting-paper, B,of a sufficient length to proof the same before the end clamping-bandsSerial No. 197,802. (No model.)

vide said core with a number of layers of blotting-paper on either sidethereof, all as shown in Fig. 4.

The blank A A, of which the core of the blotter is formed, and the sheetof blottingpaper B, wrapped thereon, may be made of such a width as toform a single blotter; or they may be made of a sufficient width to makea number of blotter-s, in which case the strip will be cut into thedesired number of blotters by suitable shears as soon as theblotting-paper has been wrapped about its core, at which time saidblotters are in a perfectly flat state, as shown in Fig. 4.

When the blotter has been out to the desired width, each end thereof isprovided on either side with a suitable notch, b, to receive the flatclampingband G, which is placed upon either end of the blotter, which issprung open to allow the ends 0 c to enter between the folded plates AA, and when in this position the ends of the folded plates A A and thelayers of blotting-paper B outside thereof are firmly clamped tpgether,causing the core A A and the blotting-paper B,wound thereabout, 7 5 toassume an elliptical form, which it retains as long as the ends of theblotter are clamped by the bands 0.

The shape and elasticity of the pad may be varied by clamping the band Cmore or less,

or by varying the width of said band.

The object of the notches b is to retain the bands 0 in their positionsat the end of the pad, and to prevent the ends of said bands 0 fromprojecting beyond the edges of the blotting-paper.

The sheets of blotting-paper B, before being wound upon the core A A,have printed thereon a series of advertisements, which, when saidblotting-paper is wrapped around 0 the core A A,will be exposed to viewon either side of said blotter, as shown in Fig. 1. When the outer layerof said blotting paper becomes unserviceable, it is torn off and thenext layer is ready for use, and the advertisement thereon 5 is exposedto view, the clamping-bands O 0 having sufficient hold upon the layersremaining to keep them in position until the last piece ofblotting-paper is removed from the It is plainly obvious from theforegoing description that this blotter may be produced at acomparatively small expense, and thereby meets the want for a cheapspring-blotting pad, while for an advertising medium it is admirablyadapted.

Instead of having advertisements printed upon the surface of theblotting-paper, it is obvious that calendars,tables of weights, postallaws, and other printed matter may be used without altering theprinciples of my invention.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

1. A blotting-pad consisting of an inner core of two thicknesses offlexible material of suit able stiffness, connected together at eitherend, a continuous sheet of blotting-paper wound around said core, andtwo clamping -bands firmly securing said blotting-paper to said innercore at either end thereof and causing said core and the blotting-paperaround it to assume an. oval or substantially an oval form.

2. A blotting pad consisting of an inner core made of two plates offlexible material of suitable stiffness, each folded upon itself and oneinserted between the sides of the other with its open end contiguous tothe closed end of that one, a continuous sheet of blottingpaper woundaround said core, and two cl amping-bands firmly securing saidblotting-paper to said inner core at either end thereof and causing saidcore and the blotting paper around it to assume substantially an ovalform.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses 011 this 3d (lay of April, A. D.1886.

SIGOURNEY \VALES.

\Vitnesses:

N. O. Lonnnnn, \VALTER l Lonnnn'n.

